Four-Armed Divine Emperor

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Al could probably imagine these thoughts. After all, it was impossible for him to believe that someone somewhere had really seen or come into contact with aliens just because he had seen all kinds of UFO and alien "secrets" flying around on the Internet.

But he did not choose to take the initiative to go to these city-states to show his "divine power" because this was inconsistent with his strategy.

His current strategy is actually to first of all to increase the momentum and unite the Greeks to fight against the Persian army. There is a small premise for all this, that is, although he currently seems to be going to support Leonidas' 300 Spartan warriors, in fact, he hopes that King Leonidas and his subordinates will die heroically in Thermopylae.

Otherwise, when the reinforcements arrived, the Persians had not even broken through the Thermopylae, and the hundreds of thousands of troops were blocked in a long and narrow corridor as shown in the movie. Looking at the combat effectiveness displayed by the Spartans, he really didn't know how the "villain" Xerxes I would win.

I'll break your head.

Wait till Leoni

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When the news of the heroic sacrifice of the 300 Dana warriors and the fall of Thermopylae came back, Eyre could use this as an excuse to express his "furious anger" or "deep grief."

The accusation was that the Greeks were not united enough, and were constantly quarreling and infighting, so they went on and on. Then, under the threat of the Persian army, the Greeks gathered their strength, gathered heavy troops in Athens, and fought a head-on battle with the enemy.

Whether in history or in movies, Athens fell to the Persians in this war. Xerxes I's army plundered and massacred there, turning Athens into ruins. In the end, the Greek side won because of the Battle of Salamis. The Greek coalition fleet defeated the Persian fleet. The Athenian commander Demistocles, who is also the male protagonist of "Rise of Empires", defeated the Persian fleet led by the beautiful, tragic, cruel, vicious and cunning Persian female commander "Artemisia" played by the heroine Eva Green, and killed her with his own hands. Xerxes I watched the naval battle on land, and finally chose to retreat because he was worried that his retreat would be cut off.

What Al wanted was to gather forces and fight the aggressive Persian army in Athens, defeating him. Then he would find an opportunity to use modern firearms, preferably to kill Xerxes I on the spot, and establish his prestige among all Greeks as a "savior angel" or at least a great "demigod".

The Persian army would be defeated, and the Greek coalition would suffer heavy losses, which would give El Deng the best opportunity to raise his arms and make a call.

Having just achieved a great victory and demonstrated his "divine power", his prestige is undoubtedly at its highest at this time. It will be difficult for him to unify the scattered Greeks and establish a nation, but it should not be a big problem. Then he plans to satisfy his desire to be a ruler, carry out some reforms and improvements, spread some modern thinking, science and technology, and then march east to seek revenge on the Persians, completing the career of Alexander the Great more than a hundred years in advance. Presumably, his "strategy" for this world should be huge.

Of course, the idea is not good, but there are all kinds of problems in implementation.

First of all, the most, most, most annoying thing for Al is this:

Leonidas is not dead.

Maybe it was the butterfly effect, or maybe it was because of Al's intervention, the "plot direction" of this world had already been determined, and there would inevitably be more huge changes. So the Spartan king who chose to stay behind to cover the coalition's retreat had his "brain upgraded". After learning that reinforcements had been sent from the rear, he did not choose to fight to the death. Instead, he took advantage of the night to attack the Persian camp, and then took advantage of the enemy's chaotic retreat to quickly break through the siege, retreated, and joined the reinforcements from Sparta and some surrounding city-states brought by Al.

Then, there is another question:

King Leonidas doesn't like Al.

Just like he didn't like those inspectors...well, that's a bit insulting, and Al felt very humiliated when he sensed Leonidas' thoughts.

Although he demonstrated his extraordinary power and was recognized by the Spartans, the king was obviously skeptical of his identity as an "angel" or even believed it, but the king was a staunch "mortal" who respected God but not blindly.

If it weren't for a elder who was deeply trusted by the king and had become Ai'er's "loyal servant", and brought him In a private conversation, King Leonidas described Ai'er as a "sorcerer who plays with witchcraft skills and we need to be vigilant about his behavior at all times", Ai'er might not have known that Leonidas was so afraid of him.

This made him very dissatisfied.

It would be fine if Leonidas didn't die. It would be nice if he could be used by him and he would "not lose his title" in the future. But he treated him as a liar and a dangerous person. Al was very worried that this character from a European and American movie famous for killing and fucking would suddenly feel that he could no longer tolerate it one day, and would come to kill him for one idea or another.

The king is a very powerful fighter and has a large group of followers around him.

Moreover, as the king and leader of Sparta, and with a reputation for being righteous, if he were to openly oppose and kill Al one day, it would be a heavy blow to Al's image. Therefore, whether for career considerations or personal safety, Al must:

Get rid of Leonidas first!

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From a personal perspective, Al recognizes and admires Leonidas' courage and sense of honor, but Zhilan is in power and must be removed.

At first, he didn't think of any method that could solve the problem of Leonidas silently and without taking any blame. After all, after realizing that the latter had a negative opinion of him and believed that he was a "magic wizard", Al was not interested in trying to reverse the stereotype of him as a Hollywood-style male protagonist.

Moreover, his personality and sexual preferences have determined that Al can be almost "humble" to women, flattering them, or even "licking" them - but the premise of all this is that he will eventually reveal this XX. In Al's mind, the stronger woman and the weaker man, and the woman on top and the man on the bottom, is more of a kind of interest and.

As for asking him to try to build a relationship with Leonidas, frankly speaking, for a muscular man like King Leonidas with over 100 pounds of muscle all over his body, Al could only be interested in his queen.

So after realizing that the other party could not be his helper alive, Al deliberately avoided contact with the other party to avoid issues that might cause conflict, such as the command of the coalition forces. If he wanted to make a suggestion, it would be meaningless if it was small, and would likely be refuted by Leonidas if it was big.

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Specifically, as long as this situation occurs, it will be a blow to his currently established "angel" prestige, and it will also expose the problem that the king does not believe in his authority as an angel, which may cause a chain reaction.

Therefore, Al did not make any statement in the military after Leonidas returned. He spent most of his time either behind closed doors to ponder his own operations, working with Anna, or "spreading the gospel" in the barracks. There were many modern medicines and tools in his space. Anna was a nurse by profession, and she had performed several surgical operations while the group was fleeing for survival, which accumulated some hands-on experience. Moreover, her knowledge of modern medicine was enough to enable her to achieve the ability to strike at a lower level when she came to classical Greece, even before Hippocrates was born.

El provided tools and medicines "containing the power of God's blessing", while "Healing Fairy Ana" personally provided medical diagnosis for the soldiers, greatly reducing the death rate of the wounded. These deeds were very helpful in winning people's hearts and enhancing El's prestige.

He had previously boasted that "the healing fairy Ana could cure 9,900 diseases," and at this point he wasn't afraid of anyone doubting him, as Al was the current religious authority within the coalition. His explanation was:

When he and the nymphs came down from Mount Olympus, they had been informed by Athena that this world was no longer the age of demigods and heroes who roamed the mortal world and gods who wielded their mighty powers. This was the "End of the Dharma," which mortals called the "Iron Age." The earth was about to be filled with, or had already been filled with, conflict. Humans were killing each other, morality was declining, and order was collapsing... The earth was filled with an unclean aura, which, for humans, would cause the world to continue to collapse until the Four Horsemen, representing "War, Plague, Death, and Famine," emerged from the primordial wilderness to cleanse the entire world.

For the gods, this kind of "evil spirit" is something they want to avoid because it will pollute their glory and precious bodies. Therefore, when El and the healing fairies came to the earth, they left their bodies on Mount Olympus and used Athena's body made of clay to carry their will.

In this case, the power of the god naturally cannot be compared with the original body... El used this setting to make an unfalsifiable patch for Greek mythology.

It is similar to the Ragnarok in the Nordic countries next door - the gods do not not exist, but they are "dead" or "the world is too polluted and they are unwilling to come."

The healing and rescue he and Anna provided were real. Al also carefully selected several magical and disaster-themed movies from the space and played them to the soldiers, telling them that the scenes in them all happened in XXXX, XXX, etc., which was quite intimidating.

Leonidas' fear and hostility towards Al did not develop to the point where he could no longer tolerate him and wanted to "get rid of" him immediately. First of all, many of the Spartan reinforcements brought by Al had become his devout "believers" and followers. Even among the "three hundred warriors" who withdrew from Thermopylae with the king, many had become Al's "believers" or people who believed in his words.

At least, they fully believed in El's identity as an "angel" and his divinity. Even if Leonidas wanted to openly oppose and attack El, he had to take into account the huge influence he had already formed in his own country.

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From this perspective, El's current ecological niche is somewhat similar to the group of inspectors he killed, Senator Theron who was bribed by the Persians, and the ugly villain in the plot...

They both appear righteous and align themselves with the protagonist, but are actually quite sinister, harboring their own "evil plots." However, the righteous "protagonist" has no way of targeting them, and may even be coerced by them through righteousness or various despicable means, such as sidelining Leonidas to defeat the enemy with a small force. Or, Queen Gorgo, you wouldn't want His Majesty to be without reinforcements, would you?

But Al couldn't tolerate him.

With such a "protagonist" around, and someone who is hostile to him from the bottom of his heart, he is somewhat unable to sleep or eat, so he must get rid of him!

However, how to deal with the opponent silently became a problem that Al had considered for a long time.

Even when the troops were almost reaching Athens, Al still couldn't think of a good solution.

Seeing that his idea was fruitless, he simply "gathered ideas from all quarters" and recruited Sister Wang as well. Naturally, he promoted her to the outside world as "a noble goddess from the East (not Persia)".

Then, while Al was making out with Ada, he explained the current situation to her and sought advice.

Ada, worthy of being an old (crossed out), a senior agent, directly addressed Al's current concerns about not wanting to stick to the pan, and proposed a very efficient and silent method that met Al's expectations:

Poisoned.

Most of the products of modern technology are used as medicine to cure diseases and save lives, but they can also become deadly poisons that kill without bloodshed...

Thus, a despicable murder plot began to unfold.

In fact, the process is very simple. Al only needs to find a way to deliver the "poison" into Leonidas' body without anyone noticing that it is related to him.

After much thought, Els decided not to let his Spartans, whose spirit seeds he had used, do it.

This is his cautious nature. The spiritual seed can turn people into "die-hards", but how loyal is this?

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He's a bit of a die-hard fan, but there's no set limit. Is he a brainwashed "die-hard" like the Unsullied in Game of Thrones, who wouldn't hesitate even when ordered to commit suicide? Or is he a "thought stamp," his loyalty solidified, never to betray him? Or is he just "die-hard" in the literal sense, but with the possibility of betrayal?

If reality is a drama, then if Al were the screenwriter, he would probably set up a scene in which "the guard who was controlled by the wizard and murdered his own king broke free from the mental control under great guilt and grief and told the truth to the righteous opposition forces, etc." in order to show the subsequent conflict.

So Al decided to take matters into his own hands.

The whole process was very simple. He used ether to knock out King Leonidas, who was already a little drunk due to the good news of the queen's impending arrival and the meeting with the reinforcement representatives of other city-states. He then injected him with the medicine prepared by Anna, and then put the needle back into the space to "destroy the body and get rid of all traces."

The next day, the king's guards discovered that the king's heart had stopped beating. They panicked and asked Al, the "Angel Highness" and the "Healing Fairy", to come and try to save him. Anna had a stern face and looked very serious - you can't ask a nurse who treats and saves lives to personally prepare the poison that takes the life of an "innocent person" and still act calmly. Being able to do all this is Anna's limit. She is not like someone else.

After checking the king's already cold body, he shook his head at Al, and the two walked aside and exchanged a few words in Chinese.

By the way, Al is proficient in languages, Anna is English, and Claire and Leon, perhaps because there is a Chinese version of the game, speak fluent "official Chinese".

In order to communicate with everyone, Anna was influenced by what she saw and heard. She was mainly interested in Al's reverse language learning activity of teaching a big white angel horse to "learn Chinese".

I quickly mastered basic Chinese conversations.

However, Al solemnly announced to everyone that the king was dead, and that his soul had gone to the underworld and was being judged by the judges. However, considering King Leonidas's life achievements, he would definitely go to the Elysian Garden to enjoy eternal peace.

Afterwards, he privately summoned the commanders of all ranks in the army (limited to the Spartans and senior officials of trusted allies) and told them the "truth" behind it.

King Leonidas was murdered, or to be more precise, he was "cursed" by his enemies!

The king humiliated the Persian envoys several times, and humiliated the arrogant Xerxes I who regarded himself as the "God-King". The latter was blindly arrogant, cruel and inhumane, and could not tolerate any humiliation and was dissatisfied with anything. It is obvious who the biggest suspect is.

Al suspected that the Persian pagan gods were behind this, and he told everyone a prophecy:

If he had not come to Sparta to send reinforcements in advance, the king should have led the warriors to cover the retreat. However, given the honor of the Spartans, they would certainly not accept being captured and would have all died in battle at Thermopylae.

But because they came, the king chose to break out, and the Greek side had a legendary, great warrior leader and commander, which was something the enemy did not want to see, so they chose to forcibly take King Leonidas' life.

Everything is logical.

After all, no one could have imagined that Al, who murdered the king, did so simply because the king "did not recognize" him and regarded the latter as an enemy.

The king had never publicly expressed his vigilance against El, and had only revealed it privately to a elder, who was a die-hard fan of El's where the spiritual seed was planted. He might have doubts about this, but after all, there was no evidence pointing to El. If the props given by the system could be cracked with such a slight stimulation, then the value of "die-hard fans" would be too low, so El was not worried about this.

In any case, even if there was a suspicion that the king's guards were bribed by the Persians, it was impossible to suspect Al, the "angel".

So he successfully took over the power of the entire army and ordered the entire army to advance towards Athens as quickly as possible. At the same time, he sent messengers to inform the queen's troops of this "sad" news.

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"God damn the Persians! King Leonidas has just returned victorious and will soon lead the coalition forces into battle against the Persians. Fearing their inevitable and humiliating defeat, the desperate Persians have murdered our Greek hero, the great Spartan!"

Some senators and military commanders issued such angry accusations.

The audience nearby all agreed, and everyone was indignant about the bizarre death of King Leonidas. Although His Highness the "Angel" had not yet made a public conclusion on the matter, it was obvious that there was only one possible "culprit"!

That is, the Persian king was rejected after several attempts to persuade him to surrender, and his army of hundreds of thousands was blocked by three hundred Spartans at Thermopylae, and was defeated without making any progress, which greatly humiliated him!

Xerxes I!

In the eyes of the Greeks present, he was undoubtedly the source of all evil, far more hateful than his father who died in depression!

Not gaining the upper hand on the battlefield, you resort to assassination to murder the king?

mean!

Scumbag!

nausea!

How abominable!

El said that out of consideration for the stability of the army, after all, the war was imminent, and if our leader was assassinated by the enemy, it would be spread out, which might undermine the morale of the coalition forces and make those capable generals and commanders feel dangerous and dare not release them.

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Use your hands and feet to display your talents.

It would be better to suppress the news first and use it as a banner for pre-war mobilization when the war breaks out.

This was supported by most people. Of course, some people expressed opposition, but after Ai'er said that after King Leonidas's Queen Gorgo arrived, they would first respect the wishes of the deceased "widow" and then deal with the king's murder, no one expressed opposition.

After the merger, the total number of Greek coalition forces reached 34,000. Of course, compared with the unreasonable "hundreds of thousands of troops" of the Persians on the opposite side, they were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers.

In reality, not to mention Persia, even the later Roman Empire could not, at least could not easily mobilize such a large-scale army. In the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, the Romans destroyed three legions and more than 20,000 people were killed, and basically stopped their external expansion.

According to the most conservative estimate given by the Greek intelligence network, the Persian expedition had as many as 200,000 sword-wielding soldiers, 300 war elephants, and 800 large and small warships.

When Al heard this number, he didn't believe it at first. It was too magical. It made me want to make an idiom "throwing a whip to stop the flow of water" for the Persians on the opposite side. It was completely inconsistent with the productivity of this era.

But the combination of various intelligence he actually obtained forced him to believe it. After all, when the "author" created it, he only needed to write a number casually, but there were many things to consider after it became a reality.

He could only conclude that the Persians' agriculture and logistics were, by then, nuclear-powered, including farmland and chariots. Compared to the other surrounding factions, they were the Awakened, having inherited the legacy of the previous "Lost Empires" and thus flourished. However, they were defeated twice in a row by the Greeks in the "War in Heaven," having given away vast quantities of technological resources and ideas. Ultimately, their defeats spurred internal instability and led to infighting, which in turn allowed the Macedonians to rise...

So, what Al had to consider was how to defeat this unrealistic "200,000" Persian invading army.

Although the latter's combat effectiveness seems to be very weak, it may be true on average. The most elite immortal army was beaten by Leonidas's 300 warriors, but...

The 300 warriors guarding Thermopylae were not just 300 Spartans randomly recruited, but the "King's Guard", who were the elite among the elite. In the entire Greek region, it is estimated that there are no more than 2,000 warriors of the same level as them. There is no natural barrier like Thermopylae in other places, where the enemy has to attack and the elite can exert their maximum combat power.

......

El led his troops all the way to Athens. The Athenians were delighted to welcome this "angel" with his army. El had shown closeness to Athena in Sparta, the patron goddess of Athens! Athens was named after a goddess, so they believed in El's identity. Of course, all this was after El had performed his "miracle" on the Athenians and the Greek coalition forces.

As the primary target of the Persian invading army, Athens' defense was precarious. It did fall both in the plot and in history. It was very tragic. If it were not for the miraculous reversal victory in the Battle of Salamis, Greece might have been conquered by the Persians. Therefore, if we were to say who was most concerned about fighting against Persia, it would be them.

Chapter 106: This is Sparta (V) (4)

The previous generation of Persian emperor Darius I was shot by an arrow by the Athenian commander Demistocles (the plot of the movie is not historical fact) in the Battle of Marathon and died. One of the reasons for the Persian invasion of Greece was that when the Asian city-states revolted against Persian rule, they asked for help from the native city-states which were also Greek. Sparta did not go, but Athens and Eretria did. However, they were defeated by the revolt and failed. When the Greek reinforcements returned home, Persia retaliated in the name that Athens and Eretria had sent troops to support the Asia Minor city-states. Of course, this was just an excuse. In the final analysis, Persia was ambitious.

The revenge for the murder of his father, the humiliation of defeat, the national hatred and family feuds all added up, Athens might not even be qualified to surrender, so they were most concerned about the Persian War. When Al descended with the "Oracle of Olympus" and claimed to be the "Oracle of Heaven", he wanted to unite the Greek city-states to fight against the invaders. Naturally, they welcomed him with open arms.